Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Summary
In 605 AH the Georgians (al-Kurj) besieged a city, took it by the sword, and burned it. Its name appears in one copy as "Arhalis," and it is thought to be Arzan al-Rum 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Arzan al-Rum
People and things also explored
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 22
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islam.museum contributors. “The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/georgians-arzan-rum-605/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.